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  "use_case_id": "robotic-food-processing",
  "use_case": "Food processing robots",
  "quantity": null,
  "unit": "year",
  "country": "TW",
  "currency": "USD",
  "estimate": {
    "low": 135000,
    "high": 135000,
    "currency": "USD",
    "based_on": 1
  },
  "method": "published unit price × quantity (exact unit conversions only); filtered to the best region match; older prices only if nothing newer",
  "notes": [
    "No benchmark specific to TW; the range uses benchmarks from other regions. Local prices can differ a lot.",
    "All matching prices are older than 18 months.",
    "No quantity given: costs are per 1 year.",
    "Arithmetic on published prices, not a quote: scope, access, permits, minimums and travel change real prices. Ask suppliers via submit_rfq."
  ],
  "basis": [
    {
      "kind": "benchmark",
      "provider_id": null,
      "description": "Chef Robotics (San Francisco): one-arm AI food-assembly systems (meal-tray portioning, offered as robotics-as-a-service) typically cost less than USD 135,000 per year, according to CEO Rajat Bhageria (MIT Technology Review, 2024-07-11)",
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        "low": null,
        "high": 135000,
        "currency": "USD",
        "unit": "per year"
      },
      "region": "US",
      "region_match": "other_or_global",
      "source_url": "https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/07/11/1094850/robot-packed-meals-are-coming-to-the-frozen-food-aisle/",
      "as_of": "2024-07-11",
      "older_price": true,
      "unit_conversion": null,
      "cost": {
        "low": null,
        "high": 135000,
        "currency": "USD"
      },
      "used_in_range": true
    }
  ],
  "available_units": [
    "year"
  ],
  "fx_date": "2026-10-27"
}